SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Some state lawmakers in Georgia are looking to tighten up gun safety regulations in the wake of one of the deadliest school shootings of 2024 taking place in Georgia. The issue of safe storage for guns is front of mind for many with the Apalachee High School shooting happening in North Georgia only a few months ago. Colin Gray, the father of the shooter Colton Gray, is accused of ignoring his son's warning signs and purchasing the firearm used in the incident. "We need legislation as it relates to civil penalties as well as not just the particular parent as well as other people in this particular ecosystem that may have failed this child," State Sen. Emanuel Davie Jones (GA-10), said. The Georgia Senate Study Committee on Safe Firearm storage is a result of a resolution passed in the state house last March. It created a bipartisan committee to examine state laws related to firearm storage and whether they should be changed. "I didn't know when I held my first meeting that we would have one of the worst mass shootings in Georgia at one of our high schools," Jones, who is Chairman of the committee, said. "I did not know that, but after that incident, it just made the work that we were doing so much more relevant and it created, certainly in me, a sense of urgency." Leilani Simon booked into Georgia women’s prison However, some said that the committee's suggestions have already proved controversial. "We're on a slippery slope of overregulation due to a very, very small percentage of people who do bad and nefarious things," Buck Holly, Founder and CEO of C&H precision said. "It's nearly impossible for a parent to have to get up in the morning every morning before you go brush your teeth you open up a safe and put a shotgun or a rifle or a pistol away. Or before you go to bed you open it up so it's readily available. So, I think safe storage, I don't know that there is such a thing as safe storage and readily usable." Holly is a Second Amendment advocate, "Members in the community are concerned about not having quick access to these types of devices, but with current technology, biometrics, fingerprints that are used to open these types of devices, these arguments are null and void anymore," Jones said. Other recommendations from the committee include a 10-day waiting period for purchasing assault weapons, increased monitoring systems in schools and possible penalties for leaving guns in unlocked cars. That's something the City of Savannah has already implemented. "We need more cities like Savannah that are going to stand up and say, if you're going to have these weapons, then you'll be required to store them safely," Jones said. "If you're not, then there's going to be some consequences if you don't." Before the proposed regulations are sent to the larger state legislature, they need to be approved by Republican members on the committee as well. One of those members is State Senator Ben Watson (GA-1), representative for the Savannah area. Once the committee's proposed changes are finalized, they will go to the floor in Atlanta.